Create a palette of colors in your garden with scarlet, purple, pink, white, yellow, and bicolored flowers combined with elegant, blue-green foliage. Butterflies enjoy their nectar. Excellent cut or dried flower; one flower per stem. The mild-clove-flavored petals make a colorful garnish to salads, desserts, and cold drinks. (The flower's central disk, while edible, can be bitter.) Variety Info Family: Caryophyllaceae Native: Probably Mediterranean region Hardiness: Reliable perennial in USDA zones 6-9 Exposure: Full sun Bloom Period: Summer Plant Dimensions: 18" tall Variety Info: 1"–3" mostly double blossoms in shades of scarlet, pink, purple, white, yellow, and bi-colors; sweet clove scent. Attributes: Cut Flower, Deer Resistant, Good for Containers Sowing Info When to Sow Outside: 1 to 2 weeks before your average last frost date. When to Start Inside: 8 to 10 weeks before your average last frost date. Days to Emerge: 14–21 days Seed Depth: Press into surface Seed Spacing: A group of 4 seeds every 12" Thinning: When 1" tall, thin to 1 every 12"
